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Applications

Siebel applications are primarily a collection of screens that users can invoke from the desktop by double-clicking an icon or by pointing a browser to a server running the application. Each combination of screens that is appropriate to a specific class of users can be provided as an application. Siebel Sales, Siebel Service, and Siebel eMarketing are examples of applications. Custom applications can be configured as well, uniquely combining user interface object definitions to meet particular requirements of the organization. However, developers should rarely need to do this.

In addition to collecting a group of screens and their views, an application object definition includes the following:

Find object definitions that configure the Find dialog box.

For more information, refer to Screens.

Scripts written in Siebel VB or Siebel eScript and browser JavaScript that can be implemented as event procedures on startup, prior to closing, and so on. These are implemented through Application Script child object definitions, and created and maintained in the Siebel VB or Siebel eScript Editor.

For more information, about Siebel VB or Siebel eScript, see Siebel VB Language Reference and Siebel eScript Language Reference.

Custom menu options for Siebel-provided methods. These are implemented through the application method menu item object definitions, and created in the Applet Method Menu Item Wizard.

See Defining Web Menus Using the Applet Method Menu Wizard for more information.

NOTE: Applets can have their own custom menus as well.

A desktop icon is configured to activate a specific application through the /c command line switch and the ApplicationName parameter in the configuration file.

Screens are included in an application object definition using page tab and screen menu item child object definitions. Each page tab or screen menu item object definition associates a screen to the application. The page tabs add screens to the Tab bar. The screen menu items add screens to the Site Map. Note that the list of screens in the Tab bar can be different from the list of screens in the Site Map. Typically the site map will be the more complete of the two if the Tab bar and Site Map differ. The set of screens in an application is the union of the screens found in the Tab bar and Site Map.